“I only helped him to buy clothes” – DCP Abba Kyari reacts to involvement in $1.1M deal with Hushpuppi

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari reacts to allegations of having involvement in a $1.1 million deal with infamous internet fraudster, Ramon ‘Hushpuppi‘ Abbas.

In an earlier report, a new piece of evidence released against the cybercriminal pointed out how the DCP helped Huhspuppi to put fellow fraudster behind bars to reduce his competition for a swindling scheme.

Abba Kyari, however, debunked the claim in a Facebook post affirming that the only acquaintance he had with the criminal involved a threat to his life without collecting a dime from him.

In a lengthy post, he wrote;

“Friends; Abbas, who we later came to know as Hushpuppi, called our office about two years ago that somebody in Nigeria seriously threatened to kill his family here in Nigeria and he sent the person’s phone number and pleaded we take action before the person attacks (sic) his family.

“We traced and arrested the suspect and after investigations we discovered there wasn’t an actual threat to anyone’s life and they are long-time friends who have (sic) money issues between them. Hence, we released the suspect on bail to go and he was not taken to any jail.

“Nobody demanded for a kobo from Abbas Hushpuppi. Our focus was to save people’s lives that were purported to have been threatened.

“Later, he saw some of my native clothes and caps on my social media page and he said he likes them and he was connected to the person selling the clothes and he sent about N300,000 directly to the person’s account. The native clothes and caps (5 sets) were brought to our office and he sent somebody to collect them in our office.

“Nobody demanded any money from Abbas Hushpuppi and nobody collected any money from him. We responded to a distress call he made on threat to his family and released the suspect when we discovered there was no life threat from the suspect. This is the true story. Vincent is alive; he can be contacted.

“For those who are celebrating that this is an indictment on us and mentioning some fictitious big money, they will be disappointed once again as our hands are clean and our record of service for two decades is open for everybody to see. They will continue seeing us serving our father land and we will continue responding to all distress calls from all Nigerians provided they are life threatening.”